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Ministry of Railways
ECoR TO OBSERVE PARTITION HORRORS REMEMBRANCE DAY
Hon’ble Union Minister of Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will grace the function at Bhubaneswar.
An Exhibition on Remembrance Day of Horrors of Partition will be organised at Bhubaneswar Railway Station.
To bring out the suffering of millions of people during India’s partition to the fore, the whole country is observing Remembrance Day of Horrors of Partition on 14th August, 2022. Hon’ble Prime Minister in his last Independence Day Speech had announced to observe "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day".
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day has been envisaged to bring to light the agony, suffering and pain of millions of people who were displaced during partition. It is reminder to the country, that its independence was preceded by the largest displacement of human population in the last century. The partition also claimed the lives of a large number of people. To mark the occasion, an Exhibition will be organised at Bhubaneswar Railway Station on 14th August, 2022.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India will grace the occasion on 14.08.2022  at 1100hrs .Dignitaries to be present at Bhubaneswar Railway Station include Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Hon’ble MP  and Shri Ananta Narayan Jena, Hon’ble MLA.
Exhibition on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day will also being organised at various important Stations over East Coast Railway including Puri, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Visakhapatnam Railway Stations.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rates Notification No. 53/2020 - Customs 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the Notification No.49/2020-Customs, dated 4th June, 2020 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 19th June, 2020, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
SCHEDULE-I
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Australian Dollar
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53.55
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51.25
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Bahraini Dinar
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208.45
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195.40
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Canadian Dollar
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57.15
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55.20
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Chinese Yuan
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10.95
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10.60
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Danish Kroner
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11.70
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11.30
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EURO
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87.25
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84.20
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Hong Kong Dollar
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10.00
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9.65
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Kuwaiti Dinar
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255.85
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239.90
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New Zealand Dollar
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50.40
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48.15
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Norwegian Kroner
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8.15
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7.85
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97.30
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94.00
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21.60
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20.30
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Saudi Arabian Riyal
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20.95
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19.70
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Singapore Dollar
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55.65
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53.80
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South African Rand
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4.55
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4.30
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Swedish Kroner
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8.30
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Swiss Franc
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81.85
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78.75
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Turkish Lira
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11.45
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10.80
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21.40
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20.10
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77.05
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75.35
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70.00
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6.50
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6.10
Special Service and Features
Lekha Gopal Retires
Lekha Gopal , Assistant Station Director , All India Radio,Thiruvananthapuram retires after 38 years of service on December 31,2021. She has worked in AIR Kozhikode ,Commercial Broadcasting Service, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Regional Staff Training Institute of AIR and Doordarshan and AIR Kochi
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Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan to participate in IDY 2022 programme at Kangra fort
International Day of Yoga 2022 is being celebrated in the year marking “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”. Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Shri Dharmendra Pradhan would lead the IDY 2022 programme tomorrow at iconic place Kangra Fort in Himachal Pradesh. Over 400 students and other dignitaries would join the Yoga Day celebrations at Kangra Fort. The theme for IDY 2022 is “Yoga for Humanity”.
MoS Education, Shri Subhas Sarkar will participate from Belur Math West Bengal, MoS Education, Smt. Annapurna Devi will participate from The Great Living Chola Temple, Thanjavur, TN and MoS Education Shri Rajkumar Ranjan Singh from the Elephant Terrace, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Celebrations will be held across the world in a grand manner completely embedding it with the ongoing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav  celebrations. The core purpose of IDY is to create mass awareness regarding the Health Benefits of Yoga for the people. Over the years, IDY has become a mass movement for health.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Union Minister Shri Narayan Rane and MoS Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma inaugurate MSME Pavilion, World Expo, 2020 Dubai and launch KHADI India Film
Union Minister of MSME Shri Narayan Rane and Minister of State for MSME Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma along with Sh. B. B Swain, Secretary, MSME and Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC today inaugurated the MSME Pavilion virtually in the presence of officials from Government of Dubai and dignitaries joining from all over the country in World Expo, 2020 Dubai. The World Expo2020 Dubai, held under the Bureau International des Expositions  aims at bringing together millions of people for the world’s exceptional show, celebrating human brilliance and achievement with theme “Connecting Minds, Creating Future”. Ministry of MSME’s participation in the Expo would help to develop understanding about the MSME ecosystem in India as well as enable interaction with Governments of different countries, Business and Industry leaders, which would help in exchange of best practices adopted across the world.
The Union Minister also launched the Khadi India Film produced by KVIC. In his inaugural address, Shri Rane said that MSME sector plays a significant role in terms of job creation and expanding manufacturing base. Today, it has over 6 crore units employing over 11 crore people and is a significant contributor to the economic growth with over 30% of contribution to the GDP and over 48% of overall exports from India. Ministry’s focus is to create a benchmark for MSMEs across country by scaling them to new heights in terms of exports, quality of products, contribution to GDP and providing world-class infrastructure and state-of-the-art technology to all MSMEs operating in India.
MoS Shri Bhanu Pratap Verma said that Ministry of MSME has been undertaking various important initiatives to boost the MSME sector and has been actively engaged in spearheading initiatives like finance facilitation, capacity building & skill training, facilitating market linkages, technology upgradation, etc. for the overall inclusive development of MSMEs across the country.
Ministry of Defence
FEE STRUCTURE IN SAINIK SCHOOLS
Two Sainik Schools functioning under the erstwhile pattern of Sainik Schools, have reported that representations have been received relating to fee structure prevailing in Sainik Schools. In order to reduce the burden and motivate the cadets of the Sainik Schools, the Government has made budgetary provisions for providing National Defence Academy  incentive to all the cadets joining NDA/Technical Entry Scheme/Naval Academy in the form of reimbursement of entire tuition fee paid by these cadets for classes XIth & XIIth. The remaining students are also given some assistance to the extent of availability of funds The Government awards Defence Scholarship to wards of Defence personnel including ex-servicemen, and Central assistance to those cadets who are awarded State Government scholarships which further reduces the burden on the parents of these cadets. Further, in response to the representations received from parents of cadets, the Sainik Schools Society instructed the Sainik Schools not to hike the tuition fee for the academic session 2020-21, during the Covid Pandemic.
In so far as New Sainik Schools approved under partnership mode are concerned, these New Schools are required to have transparent process of charging fees in accordance with prevailing provisions for fees regulations by the respective State/UTs. Under this new initiative, the Ministry will provide annual fees assistance of 50% of the fee  for 50% of the class strength  per annum to class 6th to 12thstudents on merit-cum-means basis.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Gnanathiraviam S in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
All India RBI Quiz on Financial Literacy at State/UT Level
Under the aegis of India’s Presidency of the G20 and in the run-up to the 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors  and Finance and Central Bank Deputies  meetings, scheduled from July 14-18, 2023 in Gandhinagar, with a view to creating wider awareness and involvement, Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, State Project Office, Gandhinagar has conducted a State/UT Level Quiz competition on Financial Literacy for school kids of Gujarat and Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu in Ahmedabad on July 07, 2023.
The quiz was themed on financial awareness and literacy for the government school students of class VIII, IX and X. A total of around 72 students participated in the quiz from 33 districts of Gujarat and three districts of Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu. The teams were shortlisted after Block and District level quiz competition held earlier in the State / UT.
The quiz was conducted with a motive to give further impetus to financial literacy efforts and fulfil the vision of creating a financially aware and empowered India. The topics covered in the quiz were related to G-20, banking and financial sector. The zeal and fervour of the students were heartening. The event witnessed encouraging participation of girl students.
Govt Higher Secondary School, Silvasa, Government Higher Secondary School, Buchadwada  and Government Higher Secondary School, Moti Damanwada  secured the first, second and third positions respectively for the UT Level Quiz of DNH & DD. Govt Primary School, Bhuj, Shree Nani Kundal Secondary School, Babara  and Der Kanya Primary School, Patan, secured the first, second and third positions respectively for the State Level Quiz of Gujarat. Top winning teams will participate in Zonal Level Round to be held tentatively in August 2023. Eventually, there will be a National Level Quiz from the winning teams of Zonal Level Quiz
Shri Ashok Parikh, GM , RBI, Smt. Tanushri Nitin Dolare, DGM, RBI, Shri Pranay Ranjan Dwivedi, GM, SBI, Shri M.P. Singh, DGM, NABARD and Shri Mahesh Mehta, Secretary, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, State Project Office were present during the event.
Glimpses of the event are as follows:
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Special Service and Features
GBP worth Rs. 38.64 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs at International Courier Terminal, Chennai. One arrested
Based on specific intelligence, that foreign currency was likely to be smuggled out of India through courier mode, a courier shipment destined for Singapore was detained at International Courier Terminal, Chennai.
The courier parcel, a carton box, which was declared to contain tumblers, steel plates, apparels and spices was taken up for detailed examination. On opening the carton, it was found to contain 25 quarter steel plates along with other declared items. The plates were found to be unusually heavy and made of high gauge steel. On close examination it was noticed that the steel plates were made by moulding two separate steel plates together. On cut opening the two moulded steel plates it was found that Pound Sterling notes were ingeniously concealed inside. Total 40000 Great Britain Pounds in denomination of 50 equivalent to Rs. 38.64 lakhs were recovered and seized under the Customs Act, 1962 r/w F.E.M.  Regulations, 2015.
The consignment was booked by a Chennai based person, who has been arrested.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Defence
PASSING OUT PARADE CEREMONY OF BATCH 01/2021 AT INS CHILKA - 09 JUL 21
A total of 2142 trainees of Indian Navy and Coast Guard of batch 01/2021 graduated from INS Chilka under Southern Naval Command in a ceremonial Passing Out Parade held on 09 Jul 2021. The parade was reviewed by Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi AVSM, NM, Commandant, Indian Naval Academy. The passing out parade marked the successful culmination of 21 weeks of their basic training. The Chief Guest also awarded medals and trophies to meritorious trainees on the occasion. During his address, the Admiral urged the passing out trainees to hone their skills further and develop a strong foundation of knowledge, willingness to learn and commitment to excel in their respective careers that lay ahead. He also urged them to uphold Navy's core values 'Duty, Honour and Courage'
Ashish Chetry, Senior Secondary Recruit , Gulshan Kumar, Matric Recruit  from Indian Navy as well as Gaikwad Ajit Suresh, Navik  and Rathur Nikhil Vinod, Navik  from Coast Guard were adjudged the best trainees in their respective categories.
Earlier, VAdmMA Hampiholi witnessed the Valedictory function on 08 Jul 2021, during which a cultural programme was put up that showcased the talents of the trainees. The Admiral gave the Overall Championship Trophy to Shivaji Division and Runners Up trophy to Eklavya Division on the occasion. During the function, the summer edition of Ankur, the bilingual trainee’s magazine of INS Chilka was also released by the Commandant, INA in the presence of Commodore NP Pradeep, Commanding Officer, INS Chilka.
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Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways across the country is observing “Swachhta-Hi-Seva Pakhwada” from 11th September to 2nd October
Plastic bottle crushers to be installed at all A1 and A category stations before 2nd October, 2019
Ministry of Railways is observing ‘Swachhta-Hi-Seva Pakhwada’ across its entire network from 11th September to 2nd October. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India at an event on Swachhta Hi Seva  offered Shramdaan at Mathura today leading and giving a message to the nation on removal of plastic waste.
Indian Railways also undertook massive Shramdaan with participation from all stakeholders on plastic waste collection on the first day of SHS today. Focus on plastic waste collection shall continue throughout the Swachhta Pakhwada.
Detailed guidelines for the ‘Pakhwada’ have been formulated and circulated to each unit of Indian Railways and the entire network is gearing up to observe the ‘Pakhwada’ in the most effective manner. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry has instructed the Railway Administration to make this Pakhwada a grand success and to give special focus on cleanliness at Railway Stations and in trains throughout the ‘Pakhwada’. He has also directed that officers and staff of all departments to be involved in various activities during ‘Swachhta-Hi-Seva Pakhwada’. Earlier the Minister of Railways has instructed for 10 days cleanliness drive for trains and stations starting 2nd September, 2019. He directed Zonal Railways to upload selected photographs on E-Drishti, Minister’s dashboard for monitoring purposes. The Minister had been appreciating those Zones which have been doing well upon such monitoring.
Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Parameswaran Iyer met Chairman, Railway Board Shri V.K.Yadav, on this Monday and discussed ways that the Railways could work for plastic waste collection, as properties of Indian Railways has the largest interface with the people across the country.
Following actions are to be initiated across Indian Railways network on plastic waste management:
· Wide publicity will be given to ban on single use plastic.
· Banners/posters/messages to this effect to be displayed at prominent places.
· Extensive use of Information Education and Communication measures would be made to create awareness among stakeholders. Audio messages/Banners shall also be displayed.
· Zonal Railways to take action on implementation of Board’s instructions and give feedback about the measures adopted.
· Plastic bottle crushers to be installed at all A1 and A category stations before 2nd October, 2019
· Visibility of separate waste bins to be increased on all A1 and A category Railway Stations. These would bear SHS logo.
· Work on development of 150 nurseries on Railway properties across the country to be completed by 2nd October, 2019
· IRCTC to implement return of plastic drinking bottles as part of Extended Producer Responsibility
· Plastic Bottle crushing machines to be provided expeditiously at all other Railway Stations.
· A pledge will be administered on 2nd October to cut use of plastic.
Ministry of Education
Virtual Imposters Beware of ‘FakeBuster’
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar in Punjab and Monash University, Australia have developed a unique detector named ‘FakeBuster’ to identify imposters attending a virtual conference without anybody’s knowledge. It can also find out faces manipulated on social media to defame or make a joke of someone.
In the present pandemic scenario when most of the official meetings and work is being done online, this standalone solution enables a user  to detect if another person's video is manipulated or spoofed during a video conferencing. That means the technique will find out if some imposter is attending a Webinar or virtual meeting on behalf of one of your colleagues by morphing his image with his own.
“Sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques have spurred a dramatic increase in manipulation of media contents. Such techniques keep evolving and become more realistic. That makes detection difficult which could have far reaching security implications”, said Dr. Abhinav Dhall, one of the key members of a four-man team that developed the ‘FakeBuster’. “The tool has achieved over 90 per cent accuracy” assures Dr. Dhall. The other three members include Associate Prof. Ramanathan Subramanian and two students Vineet Mehta and Parul Gupta.
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A paper on this technique - FakeBuster: A DeepFakes Detection Tool for Video Conferencing Scenarios - has been presented in the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, in USA, last month.
Dr. Dhall said that the usage of manipulated media content in spreading fake news, pornography and other such online content has been widely observed with major repercussions. He said such manipulations have recently found their way into video-calling platforms through spoofing tools based on transfer of facial expressions. These fake facial expressions are often convincing to human eye and can have serious implications. These real time mimicked visuals  known as ‘Deepfakes’ can even be used during online examinations and job interviews.
This software platform is independent of video conferencing solutions and has been tested with Zoom and Skype applications.
The Deepfake detection tool-‘FakeBuster’ works in both online and offline modes. Since the device can presently be attached with laptops and desktops only “we are aiming to make the network smaller and lighter to enable it to run on mobile phones/devices as well”, informed Associate Prof. Subramanian. He said the team is working on using the device to detect fake audios also.
The team claims that this software platform ‘FakeBuster’ is one of the first tools to detect imposters during live video conferencing using DeepFake detection technology. The device has already been tested and would hit the market soon.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
A rare 1968 short film on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in NFAI collection
“A very timely discovery as we celebrate 130th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar”
Mumbai : 13 April, 2021
A rare short film made on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1968 has been acquired by National Film Archive of India. The film in Marathi titled ‘Mahapurush Dr. Ambedkar’ was produced by the Director of Publicity, Government of Maharashtra in July 1968. Directed by Namdeo Vatkar under the banner of Vathkar Productions, the music for the 18-minute short film was composed by renowned composer Datta Davajekar. Veteran film artist David Abraham was the narrator for the film.
Namdeo Vatkar was a veteran actor and director in Marathi film industry who wrote and directed films like Aaher featuring Sulochana in 1957 and Mulga featuring Hansa Wadkar in 1956. He also wrote the story of Ram Gabale film Ghardhani along with P.L.Deshpande in 1952.
“It is a very timely discovery of the film on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar when we are celebrating 130th birth anniversary of the key architect of the Indian Constitution on 14th April. The short film fictionalises the key events of Dr. Ambedkar’s life and it also has live footage of his later years,” said Prakash Magdum, Director, NFAI. The film has the visuals of Dr. Ambedkar embracing the Buddhist religion and his visit to Nepal along with close-up shots of his funeral procession at Dadar Chowpaty in Mumbai. Madhukar Khamkar did the cinematography while G.G. Patil edited the film.
“The film was originally made in 35 mm format but what we have found is a 16 mm copy probably meant for distribution in rural areas. The condition of the film is moderate and we plan to digitize it soon so that it can be accessed by people,” said Prakash Magdum. He added, “We appeal to individual collectors and distributors along with others to come forward and submit films or footages at NFAI so that it can be preserved.”
Ministry of Communications
Phone Tracing Under CEIR Project
The Central Equipment Identity Register  project has been launched in Delhi, Mumbai and Maharashtra licensed service areas  in a phased manner to facilitate blocking and tracing of lost and stolen mobile phones. As per the reports from CEIR system, the request for blocking of 169667, 8315 and 11848 International Mobile Equipment Identity  have been received till 20.03.2022 for Delhi, Mumbai and Maharashtra LSAs respectively. The traceability data for 110239, 4586 and 8317 IMEIs have been made available to police of Delhi, Mumbai and Maharashtra respectively to facilitate recovery of handsets.
CEIR is a multi-stakeholder system where respective stakeholders including Department of Telecommunications, Telecom Service Providers, Police, Mobile phone manufacturers and mobile phone subscribers have a limited access as per their defined roles and responsibilities. Currently, this includes the information to the subscriber about the make & model corresponding to IMEI of his/her mobile handset, information to mobile phone manufacturers about genuineness of IMEI during import of consignment of mobile phones etc.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
CBI’s fight against corruption
Kolkata, January 10, 2019
Central Bureau of Investigation  is working for eradication of corruption in Central Government offices. In order to continue their fight against corruption, they are seeking cooperation of all. If any Central Government employee demands money for any official work, please complain to Anti-corruption branch of CBI at Kolkata on 09051613440, 033-22894408. The CBI is urging all to join them to fight corruption.